Saturday, December 7, 2013

Middaugh stuns Homan, now looking for breakthrough

The curling gods have never
been kind to her. She has been a tremendous player, skipped great teams and
come close to winning lots of big titles but never been able to grab the big
one.

That might be the bio of
Cheryl Bernard before she won the Olympic Trials four years ago in Edmonton.

But it might also be the
story of Sherry Middaugh, the Ontario skip who shocked province-mate and
defending Canadian champion Rachel Homan to earn a spot in the final. She
discussed her curling past in this story by the Canadian Press:

And Jones is hoping she can pull some hometown support out of the Winnipeg crowds who have been freezing cheering all week. She's trying to take a page from the Jets fans as she told Jim Bender in the Winnipeg Sun.